Jekyll2025-05-05T20:49:29+00:00/feed.xmlBitDevs is a community for those interested in discussing and participating in the research and development of Bitcoin and related protocols.2023-06-08T00:00:00+00:002023-06-08T00:00:00+00:00/socratic-seminar-01<h2 id="announcements">Announcements</h2> <p>Please join us for the first BitDevs Joburg Socratic Seminar!</p> <p>Thanks to ThunderPunch ⚡👊 for sponsoring the venue and snacks 🍕❤️</p> <h2 id="presentation">Presentation</h2> <ul> <li>Welcome to BitDevs Joburg - <a href="https://github.com/dunxen">@dunxen</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="mailing-lists-meetings-and-bitcoin-optech">Mailing Lists, Meetings and Bitcoin Optech</h2> <h3 id="optech">Optech</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/05/24/">Newsletter #252</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="pull-requests-and-repo-updates">Pull Requests and repo updates</h2> <h3 id="ldk"><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning">LDK</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/issues/2204">LDK #2204</a> adds the ability to set custom feature bits for announcing to peers, or for use when attempting to parse a peer’s announcement.</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/issues/1794">LDK #1794</a> begins adding support for dual funding, starting with methods needed for the interactive funding protocol that is used for dual funding.</li> </ul> <h2 id="new-releases">New Releases</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/releases/25.0/">Bitcoin Core 25.0</a> <ul> <li><strong>P2P and network changes</strong>: Mempool policy is loosened to allow for transactions of non-witness size 65 bytes (previously 82 bytes) and above to be considered standard and propagated by nodes.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/blob/master/04-onion-routing.md#route-blinding">Route blinding</a> - Better privacy for recipients on the Lightning Network.</li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/schnorr-signatures/">Schnorr signatures</a> - New (old) kid on the <em>block</em>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm">ECDSA signatures</a> - Why they were created and why they’re weird.</li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/discreet-log-contracts/">Discreet Log Contracts</a> - Spelling, how schnorr makes them possible (easier), and use cases.</li> <li><a href="https://bips.xyz/39">BIP 39</a> - Shallow dive, criticisms, and why the Bitcoin Core wallet still doesn’t support it.</li> </ul>

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